diff --git a/tests/docker/skew/skew_test.go b/tests/docker/skew/skew_test.go
index 35aced1a36..23e9358acf 100644
--- a/tests/docker/skew/skew_test.go
+++ b/tests/docker/skew/skew_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Skew Tests", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(config.ProvisionServers(3)).To(Succeed())
 			Eventually(func() error {
 				return tests.CheckDeployments([]string{"coredns", "local-path-provisioner", "metrics-server", "traefik"}, config.KubeconfigFile)
-			}, "180s", "5s").Should(Succeed())
+			}, "240s", "10s").Should(Succeed())
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
 				g.Expect(tests.ParseNodes(config.KubeconfigFile)).To(HaveLen(3))
 				g.Expect(tests.NodesReady(config.KubeconfigFile, config.GetNodeNames())).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go b/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
index d4cb4ba1cc..9e816a09bf 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
@@ -114,18 +114,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify External-IP config", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 			// Wait for the pod_client to have an IP
-			Eventually(func() string {
-				ips, _ := getClientIPs(tc.KubeconfigFile)
-				return ips[0].IPv4
-			}, "40s", "5s").Should(ContainSubstring("10.42"), "failed getClientIPs")
+			var clientIPs []e2e.ObjIP
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				clientIPs, err = getClientIPs(tc.KubeconfigFile)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				g.Expect(len(clientIPs)).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0), "client pod IPs")
+				for _, ip := range clientIPs {
+					g.Expect(ip.IPv4).Should(ContainSubstring("10.42."), "client pod IP: "+ip.IPv4)
+				}
+			}, "40s", "5s").Should(Succeed(), "failed getClientIPs")
 
-			clientIPs, err := getClientIPs(tc.KubeconfigFile)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			for _, ip := range clientIPs {
 				cmd := "kubectl exec svc/client-curl -- curl -m 5 -s -f http://" + ip.IPv4 + "/name.html"
 				Eventually(func() (string, error) {
 					return e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
-				}, "20s", "3s").Should(ContainSubstring("client-deployment"), "failed cmd: "+cmd)
+				}, "30s", "10s").Should(ContainSubstring("client-deployment"), "failed cmd: "+cmd)
 			}
 		})
 		It("Verifies loadBalancer service's IP is the node-external-ip", func() {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go b/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go
index c8f588be8d..d38e3216aa 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go
@@ -115,16 +115,18 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 
 		It("Returns pod metrics", func() {
 			cmd := "kubectl top pod -A"
+			var res string
+			var err error
 			Eventually(func() error {
-				_, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
+				res, err = e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
 				return err
-			}, "600s", "5s").Should(Succeed())
+			}, "600s", "5s").Should(Succeed(), "failed to get pod metrics: %s", res)
 		})
 
 		It("Returns node metrics", func() {
 			cmd := "kubectl top node"
-			_, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			res, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to get node metrics: %s", res)
 		})
 
 		It("Runs an interactive command a pod", func() {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go b/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
index 319dbec518..8f18c3787c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 
 		It("Returns node metrics", func() {
 			cmd := "kubectl top node"
-			_, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			res, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to get node metrics: %s", res)
 		})
 
 		It("Runs an interactive command a pod", func() {
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 
 		It("Returns node metrics", func() {
 			cmd := "kubectl top node"
-			_, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			res, err := e2e.RunCommand(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to get node metrics: %s", res)
 		})
 
 		It("Runs an interactive command a pod", func() {